Northwood hires an interim town administrator

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Oct 29, 2010 at 3:15 AMOct 29, 2010 at 8:43 AM

By JAKE O'DONNELLjodonnell@fosters.com

NORTHWOOD — A former Litchfield fire chief will be taking over as interim town administrator for Northwood.

Brent Lemire will be serving as interim town administrator while the town searches for a new permanent town administrator. David Stack, who now holds the Northwood job, has accepted the position of town manager for Bow.

According to a statement from the town, Lemire has over 30 years of administrative and volunteer experience in municipal government. He was Business Services Officer for the Manchester Fire Department. Lemire was a senior staff instructor at the N.H. Fire Academy in Concord, and is employed as an adjunct faculty member at the University of New Hampshire's Manchester campus.

Lemire was previously the Chief of the Litchfield Fire Department and also was a member and chair of the Budget Committee. He received his Master of Public Administration degree from the University of New Hampshire and has a bachelor of science degree in social sciences/education from Central Connecticut State University.